AUL Staff Revitalizing Proposal

1. AUL Staff Revitalizing Proposal Group 6

2. Vision University Excellent University in Atlantis and top in the world University Library A Library of Excellence in Atlantisian history, that will effectively support research and learning activities in Atlantis University

3. Excellent university needs excellent library and excellent librarians. How’s the Library staff status?

4. Staff strengths now • Very good performance • Loyal and committed to the Library • Self motivated • More than 10 years library experience • Some collaboration exercises • Good at cataloguing Atlantisian materials

5. Staff weaknesses now • Unable to use computer or internet • Grasp no foreign languages • Zero or little awareness of the ‘outside’ world, including what goes on in other libraries • No or little experience of change

6. Opportunities …… • Threats ……

7. Time to improve the staffs’ capabilities

8. Mission for the next 3 years • Revitalize the staffing of AUL for the next generation library within 3 years • Develop AUL staffs in main areas of capabilities expected of a modern librarian/information professional

9. Key goals within next 3 years • General skills • Language • Technology • Professional expertises • Research support • User needs • Staff career development • 3-year improvement plan

10. Goals for 1styear • Improve staffs’ capabilities on foreign language and modern IT technology • 3-year improvement program • Gradually improve staff composition • Recruit 2 new professional librarians each year • Sustained training programs

11. Objectives on developing workforce • Introduce training programs • Identify ‘ambassadors’ or ‘mentors’ to facilitate continuous coaching within workforce • Set up an exchange initiative

12. Objectives on language • Recruit a library professional with language abilities to work with language expert to devise a language training program for staff • Recruit volunteers from foreign language department students • Priority language – English (increase of English collection) • Target – minimum- able to serve English speaking users and retrieve required items.

13. Objectives on technology • Recruit a library professional with IT technology abilities to work with technology expert to devise a technology training program for staff • Identify technological knowledge gaps • Improve IT equipment • Train the trainers initiative – overview of technology development in the academic library field - learn how to use current and gradually new technologies over 3 years

14. Goals for 2ndyear • Research support for faculty and students • Satisfy user’s needs • Achieve awareness of current professional requirements • Continue with Language and Technology training (see 1st year objectives)

15. Objectives • Attract librarians from other libraries, usually more modern ones to visit AUL, who shall help to improve staffs’ professional abilities • Expertise in atlantisian materials- use this to steer training incentives • Send staff to other foreign libraries to learn new skills and bring back experience and insight • Keep training programs on improving staffs’ professional expertises

16. Goals for 3rdyear • Staff career development

17. Objectives • Enhance comprehensive skills set • Distance learning • Evaluation

18. Allocation of additional funding • 1/3 on recruit • Recruit 2 new librarian professional with language/technology capabilities each year • 1/6 on exchange initiative • 1/6 on special equipment update • 1/3 on training programs • General skills • Professional expertises

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